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Robert Stockton Williamson field notes, sketch maps and diary : ms., 1849.
BANC MSS C-F 179 v.2 (port.); BANC MSS C-F 179 v.1
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Robert Stockton Williamson field notes, sketch maps and diary : ms., 1849Creator/Contributor:
Williamson, R. S. (Robert Stockton), 1824-1882, creatorAbstract:
Record A.Ms., (July 28-Oct. 5, 1849) for U.S. Topographical Engineers' survey under command of Captain William H. Warner (killed
by Indians, Sept. 26) Exploration of the northern Sierra Nevada, chiefly along the Lassen Cut Off, for a possible railroad
route. With this: negative photostat of letter (Dec. 15, 1849) from Williamson to Colonel J.J. Abert obtained from National
Archives for handwriting comparison, Mar. 1960.
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1849 (issued)Subject:
Warner, William Horace -- 1812-1849United States. -- Army. -- Corps of Engineers.
United States -- Discovery and exploration
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
Lassen Cut Off (Calif.)
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1 v. ([96] p. ; 17 cm.) and 1 portfolio.
Language:
English
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BANC MSS C-F 179 v.2 (port.)
BANC MSS C-F 179 v.1